Phil Rizzuto
Philip Francis Rizzuto
Born: September 25, 1917
Brooklyn, NY USA
Deceased: 2007
West Orange, NJ USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 2B, SS, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 150
Career: 1941-1956
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.
Minor League Statistics
Phil Rizzuto compiled a career batting average of .273 with 38 home runs and 563 RBI in his 1661-game career with the New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1941 season and last took the field during the 1956 campaign. Rizzuto was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1941 | AL | New York Yankees | 133 | 548 | 515 | 65 | 158 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 36 | .307 | .343 | .398 | .741 | 205 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | 144 | 613 | 553 | 79 | 157 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 68 | 22 | 6 | 44 | 40 | .284 | .343 | .374 | .718 | 207 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | 126 | 518 | 471 | 53 | 121 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 34 | 39 | .257 | .315 | .310 | .625 | 146 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | 153 | 623 | 549 | 78 | 150 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 57 | 31 | .273 | .350 | .364 | .714 | 200 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | AL | New York Yankees | 128 | 539 | 464 | 65 | 117 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 24 | .252 | .340 | .328 | .668 | 152 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | 153 | 712 | 614 | 110 | 169 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 18 | 6 | 72 | 34 | .275 | .352 | .358 | .711 | 220 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 155 | 735 | 617 | 125 | 200 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 12 | 8 | 92 | 39 | .324 | .418 | .439 | .857 | 271 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | 144 | 629 | 540 | 87 | 148 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 3 | 58 | 27 | .274 | .350 | .346 | .696 | 187 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | AL | New York Yankees | 152 | 673 | 578 | 89 | 147 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 67 | 42 | .254 | .337 | .341 | .678 | 197 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | 134 | 506 | 413 | 54 | 112 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 39 | .271 | .383 | .351 | .734 | 145 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 127 | 369 | 307 | 47 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 23 | .195 | .291 | .251 | .541 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 81 | 181 | 143 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 18 | .259 | .369 | .322 | .691 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 31 | 65 | 52 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .231 | .310 | .231 | .541 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1661 | 6711 | 5816 | 877 | 1588 | 239 | 62 | 38 | 563 | 149 | 58 | 651 | 398 | .273 | .351 | .355 | .706 | 2065 | 107 | 49 | 193 | 2 | 1 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1941 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 252 | 399 | 29 | 109 | .957 | 5.086 | |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 324 | 445 | 30 | 114 | .962 | 5.340 | |
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 267 | 378 | 26 | 97 | .961 | 5.160 | |
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 340 | 450 | 25 | 111 | .969 | 5.232 | |
1948 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 259 | 348 | 17 | 85 | .973 | 4.742 | |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 329 | 440 | 23 | 118 | .971 | 5.059 | |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 301 | 452 | 14 | 123 | .982 | 4.858 | |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 317 | 407 | 24 | 113 | .968 | 5.028 | |
1952 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 308 | 458 | 19 | 116 | .976 | 5.039 | |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 214 | 409 | 24 | 100 | .963 | 4.684 | |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 126 | 97 | 828.0 | 184 | 294 | 16 | 84 | .968 | 5.196 | 3.794 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 79 | 43 | 451.3 | 93 | 132 | 10 | 30 | .957 | 4.487 | 2.848 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 30 | 15 | 154.3 | 31 | 54 | 6 | 17 | .934 | 4.957 | 2.833 |
Totals | 1649 | 155 | 1437.7 | 3220 | 4666 | 263 | 1217 | .968 | 49.367 | 4.782 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1941 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .111 | .238 | .111 | .349 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .381 | .435 | .524 | .959 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .308 | .400 | .346 | .746 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .294 | .143 | .437 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .320 | .393 | .440 | .833 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .148 | .281 | .185 | .466 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .316 | .409 | .368 | .778 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .267 | .450 | .267 | .717 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 52 | 219 | 183 | 21 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 11 | .246 | .355 | .295 | .650 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1941 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | SS | 5 | 5 | 45.0 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 6 | .968 | 6.000 | 6.000 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | SS | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 6.136 | 6.000 |
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | SS | 7 | 7 | 61.7 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 5.286 |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | SS | 5 | 5 | 45.0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | SS | 4 | 4 | 37.0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.162 | 3.250 |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | SS | 6 | 6 | 53.0 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 8 | .974 | 6.283 | 6.167 |
1952 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | SS | 7 | 7 | 64.0 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .968 | 4.219 | 4.286 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | SS | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .968 | 5.192 | 5.000 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | SS | 7 | 7 | 47.0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.170 | 3.857 |
Totals | 52 | 52 | 448.7 | 107 | 147 | 5 | 32 | .981 | 5.095 | 4.885 |
Awards
1950 - AL Most Valuable Player
1950 - AL TSN Player of the Year
1950 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1951 - AL Babe Ruth Award SS
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